Student Snapshot
Hometown: Hampstead Major: Nursing Career Goals: Critical care nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist Haley LaBelle has wanted to be a Pirate for as long as she can remember. LaBelle’s father...
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Oyster tourism could be next big thing in eastern North Carolina
In stuffing, soup or simply steamed, oysters are a part of many food traditions. Making it easier for consumers to find oysters is one of the long-term goals of a...
Students give back during alternative spring break
Gusty winds blew across the Making Pitt Fit Community Garden off County Home Road south of Greenville in March as ECU students Tasha Spencer and Garrett Hope prepped planting beds...
Gifts totaling $350,000 to benefit student veterans
Helping student veterans succeed is the goal of two recent donations to ECU totaling $350,000. The gifts will help the Student Veteran Services office in the ECU Division of Student...
Making Waves
Making Waves From creeks to oceans, water covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. For these East Carolina graduates, that’s plenty to create a career. Published May 14, 2020...
Musical marvels
Nathan Mills ’13 is merging his music skills with his passion for movies and video games. Think “Avengers: Infinity War,” “The Office” or Fortnite. He creates and performs his own...
Game day is learning day for future guide dogs
East Carolina University football game days have served as a learning laboratory for future guide dogs being raised by Carlton ’97 and Meghan Blanton. The Blantons are volunteer puppy raisers...
Fall enrollment nears 29,000
Jaalen Best moved into College Hill Suites on Aug. 14, hoping to avoid the rush of ECU move-in traffic before starting a new job at the campus recreation center. “I’m...
Students design, build custom boards
Camille Young’s four cousins will receive skateboards as Christmas presents – all made by her in a summer session class in the School of Art and Design. Young also made...
McMahon ’69 speaks at spring commencement
Fireworks flew and tassels turned May 4 in Dowdy- Ficklen Stadium as 5,479 students graduated from East Carolina University. At ECU’s 109th spring commencement ceremony, fireworks capped off a new...